Multi-Match lottery ticket hits $675,000 jackpot

Western Maryland is on a streak when it comes to selling winning lottery tickets.

The Maryland Lottery announced Tuesday that a $675,000 Multi-Match jackpot-winning ticket was sold at Stup's Market in Adamstown. The winning ticket matched all of Monday night's numbers: 02, 28, 29, 31, 34 and 35.

The winner, Bruce Barnhard claimed the prize Wednesday. The ticket is worth $675,000, but could be taken as a cash option of $425,000.

Barnhard was on his way home from work on Monday when he decided to stop for a drink and a Multi-Match ticket. He went about his business as usual the next day, stopping to play Keno. While at the store, the 54-year-old remembered that he had a Multi-Match ticket to check.

"As soon as the machine scanned the ticket and I saw I had to go to Lottery headquarters, I had a feeling it was something good," said Bruce. "I looked the numbers up as soon as I got home and couldn't believe what I was seeing."

His wife of 25 years, Eileen, didn't believe her husband when he told her they had won the jackpot.

"He's always joking around with me and I really thought this was a joke," she told Lottery officials. "We called our daughters and son-in-law the next day and told them the good news."

The Middletown couple plans to invest the majority of their winnings, but mentioned helping their daughter, Sarah.

"We want to help our daughter with her tuition so she can concentrate a little more on school and not have to worry about graduating with a lot of debt."

The winning ticket was purchased at Stup's Market at 5550 Mountville Road in Adamstown. The retailer will receive a $1,000 commission for selling the winning ticket.

On Jan. 21, a $575,000 Multi-Match winning ticket was bought in Hagerstown and claimed by a local Army veteran. On Feb. 11, a $625,000 winning ticket for the same game was bought by a 66-year-old Sharpsburg woman at a Boonsboro Exxon.

Earlier this week, a Middletown man claimed a $50,000 prize on The Price is Right scratch-off.

On Jan. 17, an Eastern Shore woman won $700,000 on a Multi-Match jackpot.

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